Highly recruited Kelsey Bone of Sugar Land Dulles, who was considering signing with the Texas A&M women's basketball program, announced during halftime of Wednesday night's McDonald's All-American game in Coral Gables, Fla., that she will sign with South Carolina.

The 6-foot-5 center who averaged 20.2 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game during her senior year had opted not to sign during the early signing period in November when she couldn't decide between the Aggies and Texas Longhorns.

Bone, who was the McDonald's All American Female Player of the Year, scored 10 points for the East in a 69-68 loss to the West.

Bone, who also considered Illinois, made the announcement on national television with her mother and younger brother alongside.

South Carolina was 10-18 under first-year head coach Dawn Staley, including a 2-12 record in the Southeastern Conference, which was a game ahead of last-place Alabama.

"I was really excited about the direction of their program," said Bone, who was the state's No. 2 recruit behind Aldine Nimitz's Brittany Griner, who signed with Baylor. "I know no one expected me to do this, but that's the way the cookie crumbles."